In his first congressional appearance, the Facebook founder answered questions for nearly five hours as he sought to quell the storm over privacy.
Black Lives Matter is an activist organisation set up in the United States to campaign against violence and racism against black people
The personal data of about 60 000 South Africans may have been shared with controversial political data firm Cambridge Analytica
Mark Zuckerberg will appear before US lawmakers this week as a firestorm rocks Facebook over its data privacy scandal.
‘I might give them my personal information for free, which would spare them the trouble of wheeling and dealing with Zuck’
Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories
Facebook must confront deep challenges if it’s to become a force in the global fight against false narratives.
With Christopher Wylie’s help, Carole Cadwalladr revealed how Cambridge Analytica scooped up data from millions of Facebook users in the US.
Claims about Cambridge Analytica’s role in elections in Nigeria and Kenya have been overstated.
Your every detail is being tracked online and you have little control over what will be done with it
The social media giant’s chief has announced new steps to rein in the leakage of data outside developers and third-party apps
The social media giant sells individual users’ data not only for advertising, but for partisan political gain.
A developer and a British firm used a personality quiz to create a powerful database which helped carry Donald Trump to the White House.
CEO Alexander Nix boasted about entrapping politicians and secretly operating in elections around the world through shadowy front companies.
The media giant’s shares plunged over revelations that a firm working for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign misused data on 50 million members.
Software tools for South Africa’s Nguni languages may assist with redress and effective communication.
The price paid per game by broadcasters has dropped by a cool million euros
What has made internet platforms so profitable has also left them vulnerable to manipulation by malign actors
In 2017 the social network had 2 billion members, by its own count. Facebook’s relationship with news content is an important part of this ubiquity.
“If we want students to become smarter than a smartphone, we need to think harder about the pedagogies we are using to teach them."
In Davos, the threat from Internet platform monopolies should be a top concern for WEF attendees.
Advertising agencies must confront the need for change if they are to survive in the SA landscape
Less than two years ago, blog turned news site Mashable was valued at $250-million, with Time Warner among its investors.
Over the past year, the public discussion on election security and integrity has focused on concerns about foreign meddling in U.S. elections.
When women across the world say #MeToo, it’s easy to feel guilty for being silent. But not every woman has to say “me too” and feel exposed.
The social media company has announced its plan to hire over a thousand people to prevent deceptive political advertising.
Chinese authorities have allegedly disrupted WhatsApp use in the country, adding this app to a list of foreign media that is already blocked
Video is the future of news, but tech giants and publishers must work together to ensure the value of journalism in a free society isn’t squandered
Stephens had been the subject of a nationwide manhunt after allegedly killing an elderly man in and then posting a video of the murder on Facebook.
It’s not that people are getting dumber, psychologists say. Humans have always had blind spots.
In the spirit of salvaging some inspiration from 2016, let us muse upon the significance of motivational quotes from the holy text of Facebook.
I felt like an alien when I logged back in after a four-year hiatus. Now I post clickbait like the rest, says Rebecca Davis.